Coming Sunday: How safe are bridges in Northeastern Wisconsin?

4:10 PM,
Nov. 15, 2012

Cars pass over a bridge on Webster Avenue in Allouez on Wednesday.

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Gannett Wisconsin Media

More than 1,200 bridges in Wisconsin are considered structurally deficient, only 100 fewer than in 2007, when a tragic Interstate-35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis killed 13 people and focused attention on the condition of the nation's transportation infrastructure.

While none of those hundreds of bridges are in danger of collapsing, their deterioration has led to some facing weight limits and other restrictions.
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